Three Fated Hearts by LNC

~Landon~

“Portia…..Portia Colby.” She sighs and looks down at her ankle, inspecting the damage.

“Tia.”

“What?”

“I said, it’s Tia.” She sighs again and tries to get up. I quickly move to her side, grabbing her hand. She pulls away at first but then places her hand in mine, and the sparks fly. My body shivers at the contact, and I have to take a deep breath to stay focused. I place my other hand on her elbow and help her off of the ground. She leans into me, trying to keep pressure off of her ankle. I know it will heal pretty soon, but it looks kind of bad right now.

“Why ‘Tia’?” She turns her head to me and raises an eyebrow.

“Huh?”

“Why do you go by Tia?” She chuckles a bit, but there is no humor in her voice.

“Do you know what the name Portia means?” I shake my head. Truth be told, I never really thought about what people’s names mean. “It means, well, in many circles, it means pig or hog. Shakespeare meant it in a different way, but that wasn’t the intended meaning when the name was given to me.” Now I wonder how the hell she knows all of that. “And how do I know that, you wonder? My father told me so. He named me Portia specifically because of it’s meaning. So I go by Tia.” Damn, that’s just f**ked up. Why would a parent do that to a child, and why tell them that they did that?

of us? I look around,

our mate. Please postpone things for

your time, and we

was that you were talking to?” I

skin, and her hairstyle is cute on her goddess braids in a brown/blonde color. The coloring suits her skin tone very well. She is about 5’7 with a body to die for. She has a nice round a*s and a

I quickly pick her up bridal style, making her gasp. “Hey I can walk,

gentleman if I didn’t try to help you along.” I wink at her and notice a bit of a blush appear on her cheeks. She looks away and timidly wraps her arms around my neck. I take a deep breath, trying to savor her scent without being a creep

I assume I’m fated

is, but I’d imagine he’ll be along at some point.” We continue to head back to the

~Lincoln~

put up my mind block and took off. I wish I could shift, but if I shift, I will end up right where I don’t want to be. I end up at the lake we have in the back of our territory.

mate, that means that my brother and I will have to share her. I’m not sure that I’m strong enough for that. I don’t want to get jealous or angry with my brother. Choosing the twins would have been perfect,

a crush on Portia, I just never told anyone, not even my brother. She is gorgeous and such a fierce fighter. I would say she may be

don’t hear anything and wait a bit. Sure enough, the scent of the person hits me, informing me of exactly who it

this personal contact. Today, it just feels so wrong. It feels as if I’m cheating on my mate. I sigh and turn to Aida. I take in her perfect coif and her manicured nails. Her makeup is always done to perfection, but she uses too much around the eyes. Her perfume is always loud and piled on. Her dark brown eyes bore into me, imploring

just that something came

eyes. I know this will keep going until the truth is out. Aida has never been known to let things be. Then if she gets

and see the tears start to form in her eyes. She is always emotional though I would imagine

wasn’t far behind. Wherever one is, the other is close by. I put my head back down to rest on my knees. I didn’t come out here to be interrogated. I

going on.” Aida softly kisses the top of my earlobe, which pisses Brutus off. He wants to rip her tongue out for touching me with it. I struggle to keep him at bay. They don’t deserve the punishment. It isn’t like any of us knew that this was going to

out. I stand up and look between Aida and Adela, who is standing behind her. I run my hand across my jaw, sighing deeply. “We…….we seem to have found

stand next to you. She is going to be rejected. RIGHT?!” Always straight to the point, that Adela. What am I supposed to say? I can’t tell them yes because I know for